{"id":1545,"date":"2019-10-03T11:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T15:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scholarrx.com\/?p=1545"},"modified":"2026-01-26T12:06:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:06:31","slug":"scholarrx-announces-call-for-medical-education-research-and-innovation-challenge-meric-grant-applications-to-transform-medical-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scholarrx.com\/scholarrx-announces-call-for-medical-education-research-and-innovation-challenge-meric-grant-applications-to-transform-medical-education\/","title":{"rendered":"ScholarRx Announces Call for Medical Education Research and Innovation Challenge (MERIC) Grant Applications to Transform Medical Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

October 3, 2019 — \u00a0ScholarRx Announces Call for Medical Education Research and Innovation Challenge (MERIC) Grant Applications to Transform Medical Education<\/b><\/p>\n

Elizabethtown, KY<\/i>: ScholarRx today announced a call for applications to the Medical Education Research and Innovation Challenge (MERIC). MERIC is a landmark program which promotes global educational scholarship and innovation. It is providing $250,000 in small grant funding over five years to support investigators and creators using ScholarRx and USMLE-Rx to answer meaningful education research questions and develop innovative education solutions.<\/p>\n

The program expects to fund grant applications ranging from $2,500 to $10,000 and has announced 10 awards to date.\u00a0The deadline for the letter of intent is December 1, 2019<\/strong>. Details for MERIC can be found at ScholarRx.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Launched in 2017, MERIC aims to accelerate programmatic evaluation and dissemination of the transformative global medical curriculum initiative launched by ScholarRx. Dr. Tao Le, Founder and Chief Education Officer, stated, \u201cWe are empowering trailblazing researchers and passionate teachers to help us realize our vision of bringing accessible, sustainable medical education to the entire world. We view this as an inclusive effort and welcome participation by student investigators and patient advocates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scholarly projects of any type that leverage ScholarRx or USMLE-Rx<\/a> will be considered, and learner-centered proposals that capitalize on ScholarRx\u2019s data and infrastructure will receive higher priority. The grants committee welcomes well-designed, adequately powered single-institution studies as well as multi-institutional projects that may justify increased funding. All funded projects must disseminate results in a regional or national public scholarly forum. Questions about MERIC can directed to meric@scholarrx.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Learn more about MERIC here.<\/a><\/p>\n

About ScholarRx<\/b><\/h2>\n

ScholarRx (ScholarRx.com<\/a>) is a mission-based organization of passionate medical educators, designers, and technologists dedicated to building a healthier world through accessible, sustainable medical education. In 2019, ScholarRx launched Rx Bricks<\/a>, a revolutionary, low-cost, multi-competency curriculum system featuring interconnectable \u201clearning bricks.\u201d ScholarRx provides medical education and board exam preparation for over 150,000 students and physicians each year.<\/p>\n

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